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Soybean Plants Modify Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Effects on Soil Bacterial Communities
journal contribution
posted on 2014-11-18, 00:00 authored by Yuan Ge, John H. Priester, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, Sharon L. Walker, Roger M. Nisbet, Youn-Joo An, Joshua P. Schimel, Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey, Patricia A. HoldenEngineered nanoparticles
(ENPs) are entering agricultural soils
through land application of nanocontaining biosolids and agrochemicals.
The potential adverse effects of ENPs have been studied on food crops
and soil bacterial communities separately; however, how ENPs will
affect the interacting plant–soil system remains unknown. To
address this, we assessed ENP effects on soil microbial communities
in soybean-planted, versus unplanted, mesocosms exposed to different
doses of nano-CeO2 (0–1.0 g kg–1) or nano-ZnO (0–0.5 g kg–1). Nano-CeO2 did not affect soil bacterial communities in unplanted soils,
but 0.1 g kg–1 nano-CeO2 altered soil
bacterial communities in planted soils, indicating that plants interactively
promote nano-CeO2 effects in soil, possibly due to belowground
C shifts since plant growth was impacted. Nano-ZnO at 0.5 g kg–1 significantly altered soil bacterial communities,
increasing some (e.g., Rhizobium and Sphingomonas) but decreasing other (e.g., Ensifer, Rhodospirillaceae, Clostridium, and Azotobacter)
operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Fewer OTUs decreased from nano-ZnO
exposure in planted (41) versus unplanted (85) soils, suggesting that
plants ameliorate nano-ZnO effects. Taken together, plantspotentially
through their effects on belowground biogeochemistrycould
either promote (i.e., for the 0.1 g kg–1 nano-CeO2 treatment) or limit (i.e., for the 0.5 g kg–1 nano-ZnO treatment) ENP effects on soil bacterial communities.